IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support contracts in North West England
5 live and 132 total public-sector opportunities matched to CPV 72000000 in North West England.
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Procuring it services: consulting, software development, internet and support in North West England
This page tracks public-sector demand for it services: consulting, software development, internet and support (CPV 72000000) published by contracting authorities in North West England. Tendarix has indexed 132 matching contracts here, 5 of which are open for bids right now.
Division 72 covers IT services — software development, systems integration, hosting, cloud migration, support desks, cyber security services and data services. Off-the-shelf software is division 48; this is the services layer around it.
The North West is anchored by Greater Manchester (ten boroughs plus the GMCA, which runs joint procurement through STAR Procurement for several boroughs) and the Liverpool City Region, with Lancashire, Cumbria and Cheshire adding county-scale spend. It has one of the largest NHS footprints in the country and active combined-authority commissioning in transport, housing retrofit and adult education.
Notices are aggregated from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council procurement sites, then summarised in plain English. Suppliers working in North West England use the chart below to gauge how active this category is month-to-month, and the list to find live opportunities to bid on.
Procurement activity over the last 12 months
75 contracts worth £14.6b in disclosed value were published for IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support in North West England in the last year. Bars show monthly contract volume; the line tracks known award value.
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support opportunities in North West England
Non-Planar Surface Characterisation and Swabbing Using the Spot Robot
WCST01.27 - Westcountry Schools Trust - CAFM System
T/069CAB/26 - Autonomous Site Perimeter Patrolling using Quadrupeds
EPoS systems (2025 - 2029)
T/085DB/26 - Control Software
Frequently asked questions
How many IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support tenders are live in North West England?
There are 5 live IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support opportunities in North West England right now, out of 132 indexed in total. This page updates daily as buyers publish new notices.
Who buys IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support in North West England?
The most active buyers in North West England for this category on Tendarix include Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council, Greater Manchester Combined Authority, Halton Borough Council. Central government buys through Digital Outcomes-style frameworks and G-Cloud; councils tender managed IT, implementations and transformation programmes; NHS bodies buy integration and hosting. Digital transformation and cyber-security spend keeps this division consistently among the most active.
What does CPV code 72000000 cover?
Division 72 covers IT services — software development, systems integration, hosting, cloud migration, support desks, cyber security services and data services. Off-the-shelf software is division 48; this is the services layer around it.
How do I win IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support contracts in North West England?
Hold positions on G-Cloud and the current digital-specialists frameworks, and treat the Digital Marketplace listings as living bid documents. Open tenders score Cyber Essentials Plus/ISO 27001 as gates, then differentiate on named delivery teams, agile delivery evidence (GDS service-standard experience for central government) and exit/knowledge-transfer commitments — public buyers are wary of lock-in and reward bids that make leaving easy. The Chest (ProContract) is the region's dominant portal — most councils and many NHS and blue-light buyers advertise there, including sub-threshold quotes that never reach Contracts Finder. Greater Manchester's social-value framework is the most developed in England (weighting commonly 20%+): prepare GM-specific social-value answers rather than recycling generic ones.
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